defense-theory
4 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-7703 | Walter Taylor, III v. Vermont | Vermont | 2024-06-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | defense-theory due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-instructions jury-trial sixth-amendment voluntary-intoxication | Is a criminal defendant denied his right to a jury trial under the Sixth Amendment and due process under the Fourteenth Amendment when the trial court… |
| 22-6923 | In Re Jesse Brown | 2023-03-03 | Denied | IFP | actual-innocence constitutional-claim defense-theory evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-trial-counsel legal-default post-conviction-relief standard-of-review trial-counsel | I. Is the Petitioner entitled to a AC defense theory? II. Is the Petitioner entitled to AN standard of review of his claims on the merits? III. Is t… | |
| 20-5898 | Roy Eugene Ussery v. Texas | Texas | 2020-10-02 | Denied | IFP | barker-test barker-v-wingo constitutional-rights defense-theory extraneous-offense-evidence grand-jury ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel prejudice speedy-trial witness-prejudice | 1) When giving weight to the prejudice factor in a 'Barker' test & the complained of prejudice is the death of a DEFENSIVE witness, but the Court erro… |
| 18-7330 | Michael Anthony Garrett v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2019-01-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 5th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defense-theory due-process evidence fifth-amendment jury-instructions right-to-present-defense sixth-amendment trial-evidence | Whether a defendant's constitutional right to present a defense as guaranteed by the Fifth and Sixth Amendments to the United States Constitution enco… |